Maternity Homes For Unmarried Mothers
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Author |
: Maud Morlock |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 108 |
Release |
: 1946 |
ISBN-10 |
: OSU:32435030506968 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Maternity Homes for Unmarried Mothers by : Maud Morlock
Author |
: Anne Petrie |
Publisher |
: McClelland & Stewart |
Total Pages |
: 256 |
Release |
: 2013-04-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781551996097 |
ISBN-13 |
: 155199609X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Gone to an Aunt's by : Anne Petrie
Thirty or forty years ago, everybody knew what that phrase meant: a girl or a young, unmarried woman had gotten herself pregnant. She was “in trouble.” She had brought indescribable shame on herself and her family. In those days it was unthinkable that she would have her child and keep it. Instead she had to hide. Most likely she would be sent away to a home for unwed mothers, where she would stay in secrecy until her baby was born and given up for adoption. “Gone to an aunt’s” was the usual cover story, a fiction that everyone understood but no on talked about –until now. In Gone to an Aunt’s, journalist and long-time television host Anne Petrie takes us back into these homes for unwed mothers. Most cities in Canada had at least one home, several as many as five or six, most of them run by religious organizations. Here, in institutional settings, the girls were kept out of sight until their time was up and they could return to the world as if nothing had happened. Seven women –including the author – recount their experiences in Gone to an Aunt’s, talking openly, some for the first time, about how they got pregnant; the reaction of their parents, friends, boyfriends, and lovers; why they wound up in a home; and how they managed to cope with its rules and regulations –no last names, no talking about the past –and the promise of salvation that could come only through work and prayer. Gone to an Aunt’s is a profoundly moving and compassionate –even alarming – account. It comes as a reminder that we not get too wistful for the supposedly innocent times before the sexual revolution. That innocence, Petrie shows vividly, was a charade made believable only because the thousands of girls who had broken the rules were hidden away.
Author |
: Ann Fessler |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 367 |
Release |
: 2007-06-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780143038979 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0143038974 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Girls Who Went Away by : Ann Fessler
The astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered children for adoption due to enormous family and social pressure in the decades before Roe v. Wade. “It would take a heart of stone not to be moved by the oral histories of these women and by the courage and candor with which they express themselves.” —The Washington Post “A remarkably well-researched and accomplished book.” —The New York Times Book Review “A wrenching, riveting book.” —Chicago Tribune In this deeply moving and myth-shattering work, Ann Fessler brings out into the open for the first time the hidden social history of adoption before Roe v. Wade - and its lasting legacy. An adoptee who was herself surrendered during those years and recently made contact with her mother, Ann Fessler brilliantly brings to life the voices of more than a hundred women, as well as the spirit of those times, allowing the women to tell their stories in gripping and intimate detail.
Author |
: Jill Nicholson |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 123 |
Release |
: 2021-11-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000438192 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1000438198 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mother and Baby Homes by : Jill Nicholson
During the 1960s there had been much discussion about the plight of the unmarried mother and her child; but very little of it had been based on fact. At the time Mother and Baby Homes catered for between 11,000 and 12,000 unmarried mothers each year, out of a total of 70,000; but there was hardly one generalisation that would be applicable to all the Homes. Some were run by voluntary organisations, some by local authorities and some by religious groups. While some still retained the punitive attitude, others set themselves with much kindness to help the women – some of them mere schoolgirls, to face the difficulties of their position and to plan constructively for their own future and that of their babies. Originally published in 1968, this book gives the facts but, even more, it gives the feelings and ideas of those most concerned – the mothers-to-be and those who care for them. This is a careful and sensitive study. It was unique in putting on record for the first time the views of unmarried mothers themselves about the care they received. Everybody who is interested in the history of the health and welfare of the unmarried mother in residential care should read this book.
Author |
: Maud Morlock |
Publisher |
: Franklin Classics Trade Press |
Total Pages |
: 100 |
Release |
: 2018-11-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0353277584 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780353277588 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Maternity Homes for Unmarried Mothers; A Community Service by : Maud Morlock
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author |
: Maud Morlock |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 94 |
Release |
: 1946 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1049613392 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Maternity Homes for Unmarried Mothers by : Maud Morlock
Author |
: Ruby Lee Cornelius |
Publisher |
: LifeRich Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 145 |
Release |
: 2018-06-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781489717504 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1489717501 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Choiceless by : Ruby Lee Cornelius
This memoir details the events and emotional struggles surrounding the authors teen pregnancy in the 1970s Midwest. Shunned first because of her interracial relationship and second for her out-of-wedlock pregnancy, Ruby Cornelius ends up against her will in the homea place created to temporarily house and hide the shame of these girls condition. Spanning more than four decades, the author poignantly shares a journey of motherhood lost and gained.
Author |
: Angela Patrick |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 265 |
Release |
: 2012-03-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781849834919 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1849834911 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Baby Laundry for Unmarried Mothers by : Angela Patrick
The tragic but ultimately uplifting story of a young woman who was sent to a 'baby laundry' for unmarried mothers in 1960s London In 1963, London was on the brink of becoming one of the world's most vibrant cities. Angela Patrick was 19 years old, enjoying her first job working in the City, when her life turned upside down. A brief fling with a charismatic charmer left her pregnant, unmarried and facing a stark future. Being under 21, she was still under the governance of her parents, strict Catholics who insisted she have the baby in secret and then put it up for adoption. Shunned by her family and forced to leave her job, Angela was sent to an imposing-looking convent for unmarried mothers in north-east London. Run like a Victorian workhouse, conditions in the convent were decidedly Spartan. Vilified and degraded by the nuns for her 'wickedness', her only comfort came from the other pregnant girls, all knowing they too would have to give up their babies. After a terrifying labour with no pain relief, Angela gave birth to a beautiful son, Paul, with whom she fell instantly in love. At eight weeks he was taken from her and forcibly put up for adoption, leaving Angela bereft and heartbroken. Not a day went by without Angela thinking about him. Then, thirty years later, she received a letter. It was from Paul, and a reunion was arranged. This vital slice of social history is a shocking reminder of how cultural mores have changed around the issue of single motherhood since the early 1960s. It is also an honest, heartfelt memoir that explores the closest of human bonds.
Author |
: Rickie Solinger |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 361 |
Release |
: 2013-10-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781135292164 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1135292167 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis Wake Up Little Susie by : Rickie Solinger
Rickie Solinger's passionate and powerful history serves to remind us of the importance of the feminist efforts that led to Roe v. Wade and the many other measures that have liberated women from the constraints of the past. -From the new foreword by Elaine Tyler May Twenty-five years after the Supreme Court's landmark decision, abortion rights are as fiercely contested as ever and current debates over welfare, workfare, and public assistance to women with children demonstrate the way in which race and class continue to effect women's reproductive freedom. A pioneering work, Wake Up Little Susie reveals how current attitudes toward these issues developed by examining their roots in the postwar era and discerning how differently they affected black and white women. A powerful and shocking book, Susie is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the complex and disturbing politics surrounding issues of race, class and reproductive rights. This new edition includes a foreword by the esteemed social historian, Elaine Tyler May, and an afterword by the author that places the issues examined in Susie in the context of the current controversies.
Author |
: Kellee Parr |
Publisher |
: Independently Published |
Total Pages |
: 264 |
Release |
: 2018-10-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1728612462 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781728612461 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mansion on a Hill: The Story of the Willows Maternity Sanitarium and the Adoption Hub of America by : Kellee Parr
"What would it have been like to be a sixteen-year-old girl in 1925, unmarried and pregnant? In those days, society was cruel to a young woman in this situation. Family members often turned their backs out of embarrassment. The young woman was disgraced and ostracized. The child born out of wedlock was tarnished for life unless secretly adopted. Options were few. Abortion was illegal, expensive, and extremely risky, ignoring any moral issues. Scared and ashamed, many girls were sent to "visit" family in another city or states until the problem went away. A well-kept secret from society, over 100,000 of these young women were sent to Kansas City, Missouri. They traveled, mostly by train, to facilities like The Willows Maternity Sanitarium to hide their dilemma. The Willows was one of the largest homes in America for unwed, pregnant girls to live in seclusion. Months later they would return home empty handed to carry on as though nothing ever happened. They physical pain and trauma were over but the emotional wounds were never healed or forgotten. This is the incredible, true story of The Willows Maternity Sanitarium, the Haworth family who were savvy business owners yet deeply compassionate to these unfortunate girls, and the voices of several whose lives were touched by The Willows."--back cover.